TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grindal,Gracia
TI  - Thea Rønning: young woman on a mission 
SN  - 9781932688795 (alk. paper)
AV  - BV3427.R563 G75 2012 13515
U1  - 266/.41092B 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Minneapolis, Minnesota
PB  - Lutheran University Press
KW  - Rønning, Thea,
KW  - Missionaries
KW  - China
KW  - Biography
KW  - Norway
KW  - Missions
KW  - Lutheran Church
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index; Torbjørg (Thea) Nilsdatter Rønning (1865-1898) -- China's millions -- Thea's call -- Newcomers in the new land -- Ladies aids and missions -- The O.S. Nestegaard brothers -- Thea's Norwegian roots -- The journey to China -- Arrival in China -- Sailing up the Yangzi to Hankow -- Hankow -- Settling in -- Life together -- New friends arrive -- Establishing the Fancheng station -- The China Thea experienced -- Getting organized at home and in China -- The women's work takes hold -- Heat, illness, and danger -- Thea meets Landahl -- Engagement, near death, marriage, and honeymoon -- Thea comes into her own -- Taipingdian
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